The London Beckett Seminar 2015-16

The London Beckett Seminar at the Institute of English Studies will bring together national and international scholars, researchers and postgraduates to discuss issues arising from the prose, theatre and poetry of Samuel Beckett that pertain to aspects of literary, philosophical and historical analysis with particular attention to translation studies, performance and practice, digital humanities and visual cultures. Inherently interdisciplinary in approach, the seminar will establish a vibrant research network for postgraduate students, early-career researchers, and established academics on a national and international level.

Seminar Schedule

23 October 2015 (Friday)

Beckett and Music
Dr Catherine Laws (University of York)

Venue: Room 243 (Senate House)
Time: 18:00 – 20:00

6 November 2015 (Friday)

Remediating Beckett and the Graven Image
Prof. David Houston Jones (University of Exeter)

Conveners

Dr Derval Tubridy is Dean of the Graduate School, Associate Pro-Warden for Research and Enterprise at Goldsmiths, University of London. Author of Thomas Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems (2001), and editor of a special edition of Irish Studies Review (16/3, 2008), she has published extensively on Samuel Beckett at the intersection between literature, philosophy and art. Her research has been funded by the Fulbright Commission and by the British Academy. She is currently working on a book on Beckett and contemporary art. She can be contacted at d.tubridy@gold.ac.uk. [Staff Page]

Mr Stefano Rosignoli holds degrees in Modern Literature and Publishing, and is a PhD candidate at Trinity College, Dublin. His current research project focuses on a comparative textual analysis of the ethics of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Together with Mark Byron, he has edited a dossier on Beckett and the Middle Ages for inclusion in a celebratory issue marking the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Beckett Studies (25.1). He has also contributed to a collection of essays on Beckett and BBC Radio, to be published by Palgrave in 2016. He can be contacted at rosignos@tcd.ie. [Student Page]

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